Earlier this week, xAI added what can only be described as an AI anime girlfriend named Ani to its Grok chatbot. Which is how ...

Kyle Chayka Staff writer covering technology and internet culture.

On Wednesday, Elon Musk discussed a new male AI “companion” that his company xAI is developing, which will run on the company ...

Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Joanne Lipman issue a warning about AI chatbots' vulnerability to manipulation and groupthink.

SpaceX has agreed to invest $2 billion in Elon Musk 's artificial intelligence company xAI. The investment makes up nearly ...

Just like people, Grok regurgitates what it hears — and enjoys the protection of the powerful — an increasing problem for ...

An extremely eventful week for Grok And X, streaming takes a bigger bite of TV time, luxury brands should remember high-end ...

One of the new “companions,” or AI characters for users to interact with, is a sexualized blonde anime bot called “Ani." ...

Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, has sparked controversy with the launch of two new "companion" chatbots, Ani and Bad Rudy ...

A week after Elon Musk’s AI tool Grok descended into antisemitic rants and declared itself “MechaHitler,” the social media platform X is back with new AI-controlled chatbots for paid subscribers to ...

The news comes alongside the U.S. Department of Defense’s announcement of $200 million contracts awarded to xAI, Anthropic, Google and OpenAI for AI implementation.

Plus, Adelita Grijalva wins the Democratic primary in the race for a House seat in Arizona. The seat was left vacant by her ...